hot.proxy.js

var webpack = require('webpack');
var webpackDevMiddleware = require('webpack-dev-middleware');
var webpackHotMiddleware = require('webpack-hot-middleware');
var proxy = require('proxy-middleware');
var config = require('./webpack.config');

var port = +(process.env.PORT || 5000);

config.entry = {
  bundle: [
    'webpack-hot-middleware/client?http://localhost:' + port,
    config.entry.bundle
  ]
};

config.plugins.push(
  new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(),
  new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
  new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin()
);

config.devtool = 'cheap-module-eval-source-map';

var app = new require('express')();

var compiler = webpack(config);
app.use(webpackDevMiddleware(compiler, { noInfo: true, publicPath: config.output.publicPath }));
app.use(webpackHotMiddleware(compiler));
app.use(proxy('http://localhost:' + port));

port++

app.listen(port, function(error) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.info("==> 🌎  Listening on port %s. Open up http://localhost:%s/ in your browser.", port, port);
  }
});